Article: Chip sets may give AMD the edge: Intel's chip set shortage may be giving AMD an edge against its much larger rival in the processor space.(SEMICONDUCTORS)

For the past year, Intel has been pushing the message that there's more to a PC than just the processor. Indeed, many chips go into creating a system that offers all the features an individual user may want. Intel calls this approach of offering a processor and other chips together "platformization."

The company first experimented with this approach to create its highly successful Centrino platform and brand, offering a wireless chip and core logic together with its processor. Intel sought to propagate that success with other products when it announced plans to become a platform company rather than simply a processor company.

And although platformization ...

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